These two Tacitus Ants maybe the last arrivals for this year. Lugdunum created the most naturalistic coin portraits at the time and I bought the...
Great post from 2009! I agree, the Varus battle has implications that are felt even today, over 2000 years later. I don't agree, however, that...
I also prefer the UK legislation. Some years ago a metal detectorist in Germany found late Roman artifacts, including an officer's folding chair,...
A licensed metal detectorist is a metal detectorist who has the explicit permission to search a historical site such as the battle field of the...
The coins found at Kalkriese have been recovered by professional archaeologists and licensed detectorists and I really hope that their finds are...
I have two coins with the famous VAR countermark: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
With these clear legends, the coin is probably identifiable: I read: Obv: HARSIS CIVIS (or NARS_S CIVIS) for the minting place Rev.: BA___CIV M...
Great coin from a very important location. The oberse legend is misspelled for VVICCO FIT = (Quentia) Vicus fitur = produced in the Vicus...
That is a fantastic coin and a great story. I have never seen a portrait of Constantine like that one. I guess it was a matter of the die...
Fantastic little coin and with these I can really see the benefit of collecting them in slabs, because of their small size and the guaranteed...
I think it is important to realize that imitations were made when official coins were not available in sufficient numbers. A notable exception are...
The first historically attested Merovingian king was Childerich I, who ruled in north eastern Gaul in the 460s and 470s (+481). Coins of Marcianus...
Below is another solidus from my collection. This coin belongs to a different group of Merovingian solidi. Lets call it the northern group in...
I meant Arles when I wrote Avignon. Arles is much more likely between the two. The Provence had passed to Frankish/Merovingian control in the...
Your "Victobi-" Solidus is fantastic. I don't think that these coins were minted at Reims, though. Instead, I think they were produced by a...
Great writeup. I read this with great interest! Here are three coins of Jani Beg. The third one shows the very rare countermark of Caffa on a...
Great Brakteat from my home town :-) I always wondered how these are attributed to either Henry the Lion, William of Lüneburg and Otto the Child....
Here is the link to an article on the 37 Merovingian tremisses from the Sutton Hoo ship burial: The Merovingian Coins (arcgis.com) The article...
Here is another interesting Tremissis or Triens of the Merovingian period. The coin is special in several respect. Indeed, I received an offer...
It is fantastic to have such a provenance. Below is a coin from my collection. It was found in England (Lincolnshire - productive site).*...
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